He was almost killed in a mountaintop shelling in France, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, received a Bronze Star for sneaking behind enemy lines to set up wire communication for a battalion that was encircled by the Germans.

"Not a day goes by that I don't think about that happened over there," he said.

He shared his story today aboard the Midway Museum as part of the U-T's Legacy of WWII project. The oral histories of more than 30 veterans were filmed this week and will be available soon at utsandiego.com.

Winslow, 92, lives in Clairemont. For almost 30 years, he ran the Winslow floor covering business in La Jolla.